Children's health in the U.S.

Statistics report about children's health in the United States

Children's health in the U.S.

This report presents key facts and figures about children's health in the United States. Included are figures on diseases, disorders, and health risk factors among children, leading causes of death, health insurance rates, and health care professionals for children.

Table of contents

Diseases, disorders, risk factors

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  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of children diagnosed with an intellectual disability 2019-2021, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of children with an intellectual disability 2019-2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Prevalence of autism in children aged 8 years in selected U.S. states by gender 2020
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who ever had ADHD from 2020 to 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Lifetime prevalence of asthma among U.S. children in 2021, by state
  • Basic Statistic Obesity rates among 6-17 year-olds in the U.S. in 2021-2022, by state
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. children and adolescents with oral health problems in 2022, by state
  • Premium Statistic U.S. children with a regular bedtime during a school week in 2020, by age

Causes of death

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates from 1995 to 2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of U.S. neonatal and postneonatal deaths from 1995 to 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. infant mortality rate by state 2022
  • Basic Statistic Distribution of sudden unexpected infant deaths in the U.S. in 2022, by cause
  • Premium Statistic U.S. infant mortality rates 2019-2022, by leading causes
  • Basic Statistic Number of infant deaths in the U.S. from 2020 to 2022, by leading causes
  • Basic Statistic Leading causes of infant death in the United States 2022
  • Basic Statistic Leading causes of death among children aged 1-4 years in the United States 2020-2021
  • Basic Statistic Leading causes of death among children aged 5-9 years in the United States 2020-2021
  • Basic Statistic Leading causes of death among children aged 10-14 years in the United States 2020-21
  • Premium Statistic Leading substances causing pediatric poisoning deaths in the U.S. 2022

Health insurance and health care professionals

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  • Premium Statistic Medicaid and CHIP child enrollee numbers October 2023, by state
  • Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children percentage and rate by age 2022
  • Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children number by age 2022
  • Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children number by ethnicity 2022
  • Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children total number by family income 2022
  • Premium Statistic People per active physician in the U.S. by specialty 2021

Miscellaneous

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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children with health-related chronic school absenteeism, 2022, by age
  • Basic Statistic Birth rate - U.S. girls aged 10-14 years 1991-2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of children unable to receive mental health care in the U.S. in 2022, by state
  • Basic Statistic Awareness of warning signs of hearing disorders in children U.S. as of 2023
  • Premium Statistic Parents' opinions on AI medical care for their children in US 2023

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